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States Cannot be Sued for Copyright Infringement Says the Supreme Court

By Monique Curry on March 24, 2020

On March 23, 2020, the United States Supreme Court ruled that States cannot be sued for copyright infringement under principles of sovereign immunity. This ruling arose from a filmmaker’s suit against the state of North Carolina for unauthorized use of his copyrighted works—footage of a ship wreckage.

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